I grew up in rural Maryland in the 1950s and ‘60s.  We were incredibly fortunate to have an accomplished artist as a neighbor who taught weekly painting classes to the children in my neighborhood.  Even though we were quite young we painted with oils and sketched outdoors with charcoal.  As I look back at this experience I’m amazed at my good fortune. 

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I took classes in painting and sculpture in my early 20s.   Over the many years since I have sketched and painted but didn’t engage fully until my children were grown.  When I started painting on a consistent basis I took classes at the College of Marin and now paint primarily with oils.

Often I see beauty in ordinary objects and frame images into compositions which appeal to me.  The resulting image becomes a snippet; as one might see at a glance. I find satisfaction in bringing to life ideas that deviate somewhat from complete representation and move toward a peculiar realism. I tend to paint in a series and often return to subjects which I find fascinating – like crows, sinks and branches.